Emily Atack to air documentary about online sexual harassment after being targeted ‘from very young age’

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Emily Atack is set to share her experiences of sexual harassment online as part of a new BBC Two documentary. The 32 year old actress has previously spoken about how she was forced to call the police after receiving rape threats.

Now Emily will front a new documentary called Emily Atack: Sexual Harassment & Me, in which she will attempt to speak to some of the men who send her explicit content on social media.

She spoke to The Sun on Sunday about the documentary and what she is hoping to gain from it: “With this documentary, I am hoping to find answers to the many questions I’ve been asking myself my entire life, and I hope it will go on to help thousands of others too.” “Over the last two and a half years I’ve been speaking out about my own personal experiences of online sexual harassment. “Within that time, one thing has become clear, I’m not alone.” The Inbetweeners star, who has 1.8 million followers on Instagram, previously spoke to the publication in April and said she is subjected to “relentless and disgusting” rape threats online that have led her to call the police and “question her entire existence at times”.

At the time Emily said she has had to move home four times in the wake of targeted abuse: “They knew where I lived, said what they were going to do to me, even my family. “I got the police involved.” “I have this one particular guy who constantly abuses me and every time I block him, he creates a new account," she went on. “He’s relentless and disgusting — beyond anything you can imagine.